Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Russia ... 20 year old Karen Martirosian does some Behind the Neck Snatch Grip Push Presses with 200kg. At the 2013 Europeans Juniors he got 2nd place in the +105. His best results so far are 180+206. Subscribe to his YouTube … [Continue reading]
Blasts from the Past ... Here are 100 minutes filled with tons ridiculously massive lifts from the 2004 Russian weightlifting team. If you liked the IronMind videos you'll love this one. Certainly one of the best lifting videos I have … [Continue reading]
Last time you saw Jesse Norris was on ATG it was with a 839kg total at 90kg. That was 11 month ago in January 2013. This weekend the now 20 year old( ?) got a 861kg total (1900lbs) at the Idaho State Powerlifting Championships. Squat: 317.5kg … [Continue reading]
While we are talking about huge lifts from the past, here is one from Dmitry Berestov. 240kg Clean & Jerk. This looks like it was pre Beijing 2008 (here is an at least 5 year old 230kg C&J from the same session). … [Continue reading]
Gymnast Dave Durante, whom you may remember from the Handstand Push Up Exercises, attempts the Bring Sally Up Challenge with freestanding Handstand (Headstand) Push Ups! He got very close to making it, missing only the last two of the 30 … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Turkey ... Remember when earlier this year the entire Turkish U23 team tested positive? That was just the tip of the iceberg. As you might have heard there was a German news report (original report here, machine translated article … [Continue reading]
(Originally posted January 18th, 2013) Update 28.11.2013: KK with another "Add Set" 310,320,330kg Mark Bell has another Konstantin Konstantinovs video. … [Continue reading]
Not the first time we are seeing Konstantin Konstantinovs using his trap bar... I would love mine too if it would let me deadlift 300kg x10 with it. Thanks to Anders for sending this in. … [Continue reading]
Attention: If you are looking for a Spreadsheet for the Original Texas Method, click here. Download: Link to Google Docs choose File – ‘Make a Copy’ or ‘Download as’ (xlsx for excel for example) So I was thinking 'What to do after 13 … [Continue reading]